XX BOMBER COMMAND | Twentieth Air Force Bomber Command

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XX BOMBER COMMAND | Twentieth Air Force Bomber Command

 

Constituted as XX Bomber Command on 19 Nov 1943 and activated on 20 Nov. Assigned to Second AF. Moved to India early in 1944. Assigned to Twentieth AF. Engaged in very-long-range bombardment operations from. Jun 1944 until all of its tactical components were relieved of assignment in Mar 1945. Moved to Okinawa, Jun-Jul 1945. Inactivated on 16 Jul 1945. Disbanded on 8 Oct 1948.

 

WINGS. 58th: 1943-1945. 73d: 1943-1944.

 

STATIONS. Smoky Hill AAFld, Kan, 20 Nov 1943-12 Feb 194; Kharagpur, India, 28 Mar 1944-17 Jun 1945; Sakugawa, Okinawa, 7-16 Jul 1945.

 

CAMPAIGNS. India-Burma; Air Offensive, Japan; China Defensive; Western Pacific; Central Burma.

 

INSIGNE. On an ultramarine blue arc segment, couped at base, within border gold, two very large aerial bombs of the last, falling parallel to sides in perspective, toward and over a bezant in base, marked with latitude and longitude representations of the field. (Approved 20 Mar 1945.)

 

Multi-piece wool.

 

 

 

 

Sources:
Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II.